Chapter 5: Victim's Guilt
Warning: This chapter is sad with themes of suicide. Skip if you are not in a good headspace and get help.
Motive: Bullies
"Seems a mental challenge is one that effects you the most based off our last trial." Ita Teme stated as she looked around her.
Multiple robotic people appear some with familiar faces like the dead while others are unfamiliar.
"You know that bring back bullying movement? Let's make it real."
Synopsis: Humanoid Robots will follow the cast around and bully them verbally and physically (the physical bullying is very minor and will not be fatal in any way).
Case of the Ballet Dancer
Motive:
- Humanoid Robots were bullying the cast
Body Discovery:
- Arden screamed, alerting everyone of the body as he ran out of the server room and computer lab.
- Linda arrived first to the scene.
- Sterling, and Vincent both arrived next.
Oversteeped Gossip:
- Victim: Harmonia
- Location of Death: Server Room
- Cause of Death: Burning
- Time of death: 3:25
- Other Wounds: Notably there are a large amount of painkillers in her system.
Accounts:
- Linda performed an autopsy but claimed it would 'ruin the fun' so she is not revealing it yet.
- Arden has an account
Alibis:
- Arden, Sterling, and Vincent were hanging out in the band hall till 3:15 when Arden mentioned he had to go meet up with Harmonia.
- Akikazu was talking to Linda from 3:10-3:30 P.M. when Linda went to investigate the scream.
- Aria was in the gym with Cindy spotting them. (2:50-3:28 P.M.)
- Felice was looking over his memorial with Lucy watching over it. (3:05-3:26 P.M.)
- Logan was watching over June who was throwing up from eating bugs. (3:20-3:26 P.M.)
- Tuija and Rekka claim to have been in their respective dorms for the day. (Rekka should still be under guard…)
Evidence:
- Snapped Rubber
- There seemed to be a dense heavy fog on the ground of the computer lab and server room.
- Similar piece of scrap metal to chapter 3 and some wire looking stuff was found.
Arden's Account
You were asked by Harmonia to meet up at 3:25 in the server room
You noted that the computer room that was connected to the server room was very cold and that there was a fog in the room.
When you opened the server room, you heard something snap before Harmonia lit up in flames in front of you.
Closing Argument
Cindy went over to Arden's side to hug him.
"It's alright, you didn't mean to." She said to the drummer.
"BUT I DID WHY ARE YOU HUGGING ME I'M A MONSTOR!" Arden sobbed out as he collapsed to the floor. "I KILLED HER."
"And that was all her plan. You didn't want or know you killed her."
Hic, sob... "But I was still responsible...."
“No you aren’t, she just wanted you to escape.”
“She… wouldn’t do this to me.” The drummer said in denial.
"And you don't have to explain it to the group. I can do it if you want?" Cindy offered not knowing how to comfort the drummer.
"...please do."
Cindy took in a sigh as she began to explain the case.
Act 1:
This case starts with our victim plans. First, Harmonia gathered up a bundle of clothes to act as a fulcrum when attached to a rope. Then, Harmonia grabbed a few rubber bands and set up a platform with them above the server rooms which were connected to the computer lab. After that, she set the bundle of clothes atop the rubber bands so that when they snapped, the ball and rope would swing back towards the other side of the room.
With the trigger mechanic basically set up, Harmonia started to work on the killing mechanism. Using the knowledge revealed in the third trial, she mimicked the bucket trap and hung the bucket trap up above the chair using one rope tied to both sides of the room and one rope to hold the bucket and placed it in the center of the room.
Act 2:
Then, she sent a note to Arden asking him to meet up in the server rooms. She mentioned that she wanted to talk to him about something about how the games have been going.
This note was probably to single out Arden as her culprit so he could escape by not getting caught in the trial...
Act 3:
Before Arden could arrive, Harmonia set multiple containers of dry ice off in the computer lab to lower the temperature in the room drastically though she made sure to enter the server room before it got too cold. Once in the server room, she consumed very strong painkillers to prepare her for the insuing pain.
Act 4:
Arden eventually arrived in the rather cold computer rooms. He didn't exactly suspect that the cold had anything to do with a plan, so he strugged it off and entered the server room.
That was a mistake.
The elastic band platform in the server room could not take the added cold and snapped sending the clothes ball and rope forward which intersected with the rope holding up the bucket and ignited Harmonia on fire, killing her.
Execution Title: Runaway Drummer
Arden SHSL Drummer: Executed
Arden is placed upon a platform with a strait path to the exit in sight. Before he could take the path though, it segments into many different plots of land, and some of them seem to be turning on fire at random.
Wait, not at random, it's to a beat.
1 2 3 and 4, 1 and 2 3 and 4, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4--
Arden recognizes the song and then starts to take his chances stepping onto the safe platforms and moving to the beat. He needed to escape or else... Harmonia's sacrifice would be in vain.
Suddenly though, the tempo started to rush and Arden had to speed up his counting and steps.
1 2 3 and 4, 1 and 2 3 and 4, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4--
The tempo kept rushing as Arden kept moving, eventually full on sprinting.
He needed to escape. He needed to be able to run away from his problems again.
Arden sadly couldn't keep up with the tempo as the fire caught up to him as he neared the exit door. With his final strength, he tried to open the door only a blast of cold air to toss him back into the fire.